taunton-hobbit

I've got a Crown XLS2000 - two channels in mono mode with an internal electronic crossover - bass from left, mid/top from right - it's classD, so stupidly light...good bit of kit. You would need to preamp for your tones, of course.

I have Ormats - they terrify me and demolish small buildings at twelve feet. I also have a Crown 2k which is very loud,,,and house-trained. .

JPJ - that worries me - what mains fuse is in the amp - is it a slo-blow? (I would have expected the amp fuse to easily pop first)

Decimalisation was an excuse for an orgy of rounding up & price increases........ just sayin......

Most (all?) of my amps/kit seemed to have 3a internal fuses - I've always used 5 as a catch-all (works for me)

It's the 'often' that's got me worried...........

I, being mega-technical, tend to make sure that any gig leads have a 5amp fuse - its worked for fifty years, so I'm not stopping now.

Advice on the Skye gig - cost it properly & in full and request payment (in full) in advance.....failing to actually cost gigs in real-world money is why a lot of bands (and businesses) fail.

Take one big (you know the make) valve amplifier....run 50 meters 1.5mm mains lead (twin) a couple of tents down and off you go (I cheated,used a single amp for me and slaved another for the remote) - job done. Edit: spelling.

Nope - these were large OrangeMatamps - amazing kit, but basic - I was so not up for taking the chance. Venues take the p*ss - they don't have to stump up for the kit, nor haul it around. One reason I stopped working was that I got tired of being treated like some kind of serf (nearly used the 'other' analogy of banana boats there)............

Had an interesting conversation when these things were a new invention. Venue - 'by the way, we have a device that cuts the stage power if it all gets too loud' Me - 'That's fine, I use valve powered kit which thumps when it turns back on - if one of my Tannoy Gold Speakers blows, it'll cost you around 500 quid and I use six on this rig' They found me alternative power...........

I'm looking for forward/reverse search (it's a cd deck btw). on the top right of the front panel it's got: I<< - >>I TRACK But I'm now totally lost...... Someone, somewhere please help (& yes I've looked in the bloody book ! )

Every 'proper' venue that caters for weddings/functions that I've ever been near, is usually stuffed so far up it's own rear end it's frightening.

(chuckle) Sit down Alex - we've seen the shirt...... (& well done)

Looks like a cheap 10" 100watt driver (Google) - I'd almost forgotten Roger Squires Disco Centre stuff - it's probably quite a rarity now.

....^^^ please see my earlier post #23 ?

^^^ Yup, this is back to what I said about this stuff needing professional input. Had a pub once where the music levels were set inside the main music bar, not outside where the neighbours were - madness - but this is what happens when the local authority thinks they know what they are doing..........

I did a gig for a Scots family - father was a teetotal accountant, it was daughters 21st (at home - big place) - zero booze, zero atmosphere no-one danced & daughter kept coming up demanding we played 'something boppy' - this went on all bloody night..... in the end I asked said female (who I'm sure was on vodka) to suggest a couple of tunes - blank look - 'well something boppy, you know' Eventually everyone sulked off, we got paid & left............

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Midget-Moth-Fly-Bite-Stopping-Black-Portable-UV-Domestic-Insect-Pest-Killer-/230866811893?hash=item35c0bbfbf5:m:mAx4aGDLsXfIswgFYRjQDzQ ....try this?.....

Flyposting used to be an offence under the 1968 Control of Advertisements Act (which came under Town & Country Planning)- whether or not it still is, I'm not sure but the potential fines were (are?) spine-chilling. I used to pay a 'company' to do my London billing - never had a complaint, used to do my own 'local' stuff on Sunday mornings using wallpaper paste & a bucket.....

Many years ago a guy built me the worlds first sound to light chassis (I'm deadly serious, this came out of several long conversations about the 'new' thyristors) - circuit seemed to consist of a couple of speaker crossovers and a lot of post-signal circuitry - the result was four different colour flashing bulbs along with the music.

I wouldn't try it without mailing BF to ask, you are very likely to do damage (imo).

There's a separate thread on noise limiters - http://basschat.co.uk/topic/239781-sound-limiters/page__p__2485642__hl__noise%20limiters__fromsearch__1#entry2485642 apologies if my linkage is naff.........

Black plastic moulding, mitred & fitted round the entire front - not expensive (B&Q?) & looks fine.

I feel (a little) for the venue, but they do seem to be trying very hard and only managing to get it half-right. This is the problem when people who know basically naff-all about amplification get sold & told by a dealer. (no vested interest, of course - the amps are capable of making the neighbour think that the army has just started war games in their garden). It really does need an experienced hand in here - I'm with everyone else, get in, play & go home. Personally I'd not bother even considering a rebook (They'd hate me, I'm seriously loud....)